Paint can holder



Sept. 26, 1961 F. F. BOZlK PAINT CAN HOLDER 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 Filed May 19, 1960 m E d m INVENTOR.

Sept. 26, 1961 F. F. BOZIK PAINT CAN HOLDER 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 Filed May 19, 1960 Fred R Bazik 1 N VEN TOR.

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w fzh Unitd t t Patent i 3,001,751 PAINT CAN HOLDER Fred F. Bozik, 559 S. Union St., Aurora, Hi. Filed May 19, 1960, Ser. No. 30,'3'44 7 Claims. (Cl. 248-410) ably simple mechanical attachment for the ungs of a' painters ladder characterized by an adjustable bragket and an adjustable as well as a safe and reliable receptacletype holder for the paint containing can, and novel arm means for mounting the holder on a part of thebracket.

One improvement resides in the specially constructed ladder bracket. To this end, the bracket comprises slidingly connected component parts having overlapping limbs and setscrews for clampingly binding the limbs, one of said parts being further provided with simple means for hingedly supporting the holder arm on said bracket.

A further improvement resides in the particular construction of the holder suspending arm, a component portion of which is substantially L-shaped and is hingedly mounted on hinging means provided therefor on the bracket. The other portion comprises an extension or tube, the outer end ofasaid tube providing a socket in which an associated part of .a ring-like flame of the rec'eiver or holder is removably and swivelly mounted for desired levelling purposes.

These, together with other objects and advantages which will become subsequently apparent, reside in the details of construction and operation as more fully hereinafter described and claimed, reference being had to the accompanying drawings forming a part hereof, wherein like numerals refer to like parts throughout, and in which:

FIG. 1 is a view in perspective showing a fragmentary portion of a painters ladder and the improved attachment, namely, the ladder bracket attached to the rungs and the receiver or holder and its arm means mounted on the bracket.

FIG. 2 is a view on a larger scale taken on the irregular vertical and hor zontal section line 2-2 of FIG. 1, looking in the direction of the arrows.

FIG. 3 is a section on the line 3-3 of FIG. 2.

FIG. 4 is a section on the horizontal line 4-4 of FIG. 2.

FIG. 5 is an enlarged fragmentary view in section and elevation taken on the line 55 of FIG. 1.

FIG. 6 is a cross-section on the line 66 of 'FIG. 5.

The ladder is denoted by the numeral 7 and comprises the usual side rails or stiles 9 and the horizontal connecting rungs 12. As already stated, the attachment is made up chiefly of two main components; namely, a sectional adjustable readily applicable and removable bracket 8 and a holder characterized by a receptacle or receiver 10 of suitably fabricated form and adjustable arm means by way of which the receiver is hingedly and operatively mounted on the bracket 8.

The bracket 8 is made up of companion sections, the lower one of which may be said to be J-shaped and this comprises a straight strap or an equivalent member 13, the lower bill of which provides a hook 14 to engage over the rung in the manner shown. The other section of the bracket is generally L-shaped and comprises a ver- "ice 2 tieal limb or leg 1 6 which over laps the leg 13 .and;is slidable thereon and is provided at vertically spaced points with fixed U-shaped members or clevises 18 and..20 a t vertically spaced points provided with setscrews 2.2 and 24. The horizontal leg or limb 26 is such that it provides the desired mounting of the bracket 8 and leg terminates in a generally semi circular grip or jaw 23 which rests on the selected rung 1 2 in the manger shown in F165. 1 and 2. The -leg 16 is further pro vided with hinging means, more specifically a fined bearing cup 3iiregistering or aligned with a vertically spaced, complementaleye 32. I 7 e The bucket like receiver 1 0 is of suitableopenwork construction and is characterized by a ring-like frame 34 which, as shown in FIG. 5, is providedwith a radial shank 3d terminating in rigid spaced circular heads 38 andti definin a groove 42 between themselves. This groove serves to accommodate the screw-threaded shank 44 of a thumb screw 46 which is threaded through a hole provided therefor in the tubular extension 48 of the holder mounting and hinging arm means. This and means comprises a substantially L shaped arm 50 having a vertical portion 52 which is removably and hingedly mounted in the eye 32 and bearing cup 30 in the manner shown in FIG. 2. The outwardly projecting diagonal branch of this arm, the branch 54, has a flattened terminal 55 overlapping a complement-a1 terminal .58. These two terminals are fitted togetherto accommodate an assembling and clamping bolt and nut means 60. This construction allows the angularity and positionof the tubular member or extension '48 to be adjusted. Also, the entire arm structure or means 50 including 52, 54, and 48 may be turned from left to right as is evident in FIG; 1.

It is reiterated that the over-all attachment is characterized by the adapter and mounting bracket 8 made up of the novel leg or limb components 13 and 16 plus the receiver 3% and the hingedly mounted freely swingable and adjustable arm means 50 and 43. It is to be further observed that as seen in FIG. 5 the frame or ring 34 of the receiver 14 can be levelled relative to the horizontal by way of the swivel joint means depicted in FIG. 5. With this combination and arrangement, it will be clear that the invention can be applied high or lou on the rungs of the ladder, may be quickly brought into use, and may be satisfactorily utilized in painting at ground level or at a height, and particularly where the painter needs the bucket or can of paint poised at a place or position which makes it possible to have convenient access to the paint where the surfaces to be painted are often overhead and inconveniently out of reach, that is, where one has to stand on the ladder as it is usually inclined against the building or other surface. It follows that the attachment eiie'ctively serves the purposes for which it is intended.

The foregoing is considered as illustrative only of the principles of the invention. Further, since numerous modifications and changes will readily occur to those skilled in the art, it is not desired to limit the invention to the exact construction and operation shown and described, and accordingly all suitable modifications and equivalents may be resorted to, falling within the scope of the invention as claimed.

What is claimed as new is as follows:

1. An attachment for a painters ladder comprising an adapter bracket embodying a substantially J-shaped mem ber providing a straight leg and a hook at the lower end of the leg engagea-bie with a ladder rung, a generally L- shaped member having a vertical leg overlapping and adjustably connected with the first-named leg and having a horizontal portion terminating in a jaw connectible with "a'djustably connected with the'first-named leg and having a horizontal portion terminating in a jaw connectible with a ladder rung, and arm means detachably and hingedly' mounted on the bracket and provided at an outer end thereof with a paint bucket receiver and holder, said means embodying a tubular extension, the outer end of said extension-providing a socket, said receiver having a frame provided with a shank, said shank having spacedaxially aligned head members swivelly mounted in said socket and held therein by a setscrew cooperating with an existing space between the heads.

3 The structure defined in'claim 2, and wherein said bracket embodies U-shaped assembling members for the overlapped legs, said U-shaped members provided with setscrews.

4.' A ladder attachment comprising an adapter bracket embodying a first vertical leg provided at a lower "end 't hereof with a hook engageable with a first ladder rung, a' complemental L-shaped member having a second vertical leg overlapping the first-named leg and provided with U-shaped clevises in which the first leg is slidable, said clevises having setscrews and said setscr'ews engaging said first leg, the second vertical leg being provided on one side thereof with vertically spaced elements in alignment each other, said elements serving as supporting and 'hinging means for detachably cooperable arm means. I SJT-he structure defined in claim 4 and, in combination, arm means for supporting a paint can, said arm means embodying a substantially L-shaped arm having a 4 p vertically spaced elements and an outstanding portion pruvided with an extension, said extension being tubular in cross-section and the outer end thereof constituting a socket member.

6. The structure definedin claim 4 and, in combination, arm means for supporting a paint can receiver embodying a substantially L shaped arm having a vertical portion removably andjadjustably mounted in the vertically spaced elementsi and'a companion horizontal portion provided with an extension, said extension being tubular in cross-section and the outer end thereofconstitutinga socket member, and a receiver for a paint can embod ying a ring-like frame provided with a shank, said shank having adjusting means removably and swivelly mounted in said socket member.

7. For use on a painters ladder, an -L-shaped arm having vertical and horizontal portions, one end of said horizontal portion overlapping and being separably and vertical portion removably and adjustably mounted in the adjustably'bolted to an extension, the free outer end of said extension having a socket, a receiver for a paint bucket having a ring like frame provided with a shank, said shank having head means removably and swivelly mounted'in said socket,"an adapter bracket for supporting said L-shaped arm and having members with end portions which are connectible with selected rungs of the aforementioned ladder, and also having vertically spaced hinging members aligned and receiving and hingedly supporting the vertical arm portion of said L-shap'ed arm.

References Cite-:1 in the file of this patent UNITED STATES PATENTS Gath Apr. 7, 1885 Jones Sept. 19, 

